Litigation

Our litigation team is adept at navigating complex legal disputes across various sectors, providing robust representation that aligns with our clients’ objectives.

Our areas of expertise or scope of experience in litigations are as follows:

  • Handling of civil disputes between individuals or organizations, including disputes founded on contracts, torts, property, employment, etc.
  • Handling of family related cases such as divorce, child custody, child adoption, surrogacy etc.
  • Handling of matters relating to probate and inheritance, such as defending or challenging of Wills or Letters of Administration, and other matters relating to defending or contesting of inheritance.
  • Defending or prosecuting individuals or entities charged with crimes.
  • Defending and protecting the rights of indigent citizens on pro bono basis.
  • Handling of business related disputes such as shareholder issues, mergers, anti-trusts, intellectual property, etc.
  • Handling of cases involving civil rights, constitutional challenges, and administrative law.
  • Representing clients in arbitration or mediation, when litigation is involved.
  • Defending government agencies in complex litigation involving the recovery of government assets
  • Resisting attempts to impose huge but illegal fines on multinational organizations.
  • Handling cases relating to recovery of debts.
  • Representing individuals who have been injured due to negligence or other factors.
  • Resisting attempts to impose unconstitutional taxes on business organizations.
  • Registering and enforcing in Nigeria judgments given and orders made by foreign courts.
  • Resisting attempts to stop imminent capital markets transactions and critical shareholder meetings.
  • Resisting attempts to stop imminent acquisitions transactions
  • Representing an inventor in seminal telecommunications software patents validity litigation.
  • Representing financial institutions in suits and counterclaims filed by large bank debtors against banks.

Our litigation team combines deep legal knowledge with a commitment to achieve favourable outcomes, standing us out as your trusted partner in resolving disputes effectively.